Skinner told the board that Foster will report directly to her, and that his sole focus will be improving the security of our prisons, all nine institutions. This individual will be on the road all the time, working with the administration, security directors, she said.
Before becoming security chief for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Foster, served as a warden in three prisons, Skinner said. He also was recommended for consideration for the Iowa corrections director job before Skinner s hiring last year.
In addition to hiring the security director, the department posted a request for proposals for an external, systemwide review of operations of Iowa s entire correctional system. The chosen vendor will carry out an independent review and make recommendations.
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Beth Skinner
A flower garden at the Anamosa State Penitentiary was dedicated on Thursday in memory of nurse Lorena Schulte and corrections officer Robert McFarland.
They were brutally murdered during an escape attempt at the eastern Iowa prison on March 23rd. Beth Skinner, director of the Iowa Department of Corrections, addressed the Board of Corrections this morning via Zoom for the first time since the killings.
“These two individuals will never be forgotten, and neither will their families,” Skinner says. “Additionally, I want to thank all DOC staff who have stepped up in a very difficult time.”
The Basilica of St. Josaphat in Milwaukee, Wis. (Image by sdmsteadtaz from Pixabay via Courthouse News)
JEFFERSON, Wis. (CN) A conservative advocacy organization and Wisconsin clergy sued the state corrections department on Friday over a Covid-19 policy restricting ministers’ access to prisoners, claiming it violates state law.
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s complaint, filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court by attorneys with the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, or WILL, says the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and its secretary Kevin Carr “adopted a policy banning all volunteer religious ministers from visiting inmates in the DOC’s care” on March 13, 2020, as a precautionary measure in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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It was 1992. Dominee Meek was supposed to be running errands for his mom, but his friends picked him up and the group found trouble. Meek saw a man named Lawrence from a rival gang. Meek felt he was being disrespected because Lawrence continued to walk the streets and neighborhoods that he considered his own.
15 years old, making life-changing decisions.
âI pointed the gun at his head and I pulled the trigger twice.â
It was 1992. Dominee Meek was supposed to be running errands for his mom, but his friends picked him up and the group found trouble. Meek saw a man named Lawrence from a rival gang. Meek felt he was being disrespected because Lawrence continued to walk the streets and neighborhoods that he considered his own.